Soizick Freeman

I am motivated by colour and abstract ways of depicting a sense of space and atmosphere.  I enjoy spending time in the garden and walking, so my resulting prints and paintings are often a response to the plants, flowers and landscapes around me.  The balance of shapes and colours is very important to me, and artists like Bonnard and Monet whose visual language of mark-making and brushstrokes which cleverly replicate nature are often a source of great inspiration.  I paint on wooden panels which are layered with gesso.  The preparation of the panels involves strips of liquid gesso laid along the wooden surface: first warp and then weft, which when sanded to a mirror like surface, have a unique textile appearance.  My paintings are created with layer upon layer of oil paint in the way that the mono-types or collagraphs are built up with patches of coloured ink and tissue.  I allow paint to run and encourage accidental elements like crumpled fabric or a wiggling line of thread within a print to introduce a more fluid and expressive approach.